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Conor Coghlan's Bow Spring Chair
Watch as this architect creates a beautiful new chair from scratch
Conor Coghlan might be an architect, but as part of his studies at Harvards' Graduate School of Design he participated in a furniture making workshop. Tasked with producing an original design, Coghlan writes that he became "interested in how the arms and legs of the chair could work in unison as a type of double bow spring structure—becoming extremely strong under direct loading, yet flexible and responsive to the shifting load of the user."
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Enter a caption (optional)Here's how he executed his plan, and it's fun to watch because we see every step from the sketching to the modeling (both physical and computer) and then the fabrication:
"The legs/arms of the chair are made from steam bent, glue laminated strips of ash," Coghlan writes, "and the seat is made from glue laminated birch plywood. Throughout the semester I employed many different techniques of fabrication from hand files to CNC lathes."
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So much nice work, and I can't take my eyes of the terrible screws holding the bottom of teh bow together. Consider different joinery method at the bottom. At the least cut those screws down, or get some shorter ones, binding posts maybe? C'mon, it's so close.
My first thoughts exactly. A complete holistic design really comes down to the details that everybody else will not worry about until. But, in the end these are the points that can cause the overall design to feel unfinished.
Check out his youtube ... work in progress
... https://www.youtube.com/user/conorcoghlan
Yes, Binding posts, but this is quite a nice looking piece!
Although I would agree that binding posts might be a better choice visually.
Bolts, not screws. Bolts are a bit trickier to even up than it first appears. Perhaps it is intended to give the chair a bit of traction so that it doesn't "spring" it's way across the floor.
Lets hope you don't buy this with a wooden or ceramic floor then!